Going back to - was it only last week? - the big to do over Ryan’s mate having a go at him and accusing him of going through a midlife crisis - I would image that it would take a fairly significant event/change in personality for a bloke to say something like that to a mate.
I can see the conversation going something like “Hey bro - what’s up with you? You going through a midlife crisis or something? “
Translation “Hey - I’m a bit worried about you. You have had significant changes in your actions and values since you met Anna. I don’t think that she’s a great influence on you. Do you want to talk about it”.
And Ann, of course, rather than putting herself in Ryan’s shoes, centres herself in the conversation. She doesn’t reflect that maybe Ryan’s malleable and compliant nature, and the changes that he’s experienced as a mature age adult (that she describes as “becoming more of himself” and his friends are trying to keep him in his box) are potentially not positive.
I get that after the (alleged) DV and seemingly chaotic nature of her relationship with Stripper Ken, that she’s drawn to something safe and stable with someone who clearly adores her …. But will that be enough for a “forever” relationship?
